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October 19, 2015

Robert Batlle dominates final Spanish Buggy

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Alhaurin de la Torre track in mixed weather conditions. In the shortened qualifiers Mugen’s Robert Batlle found himself in a battle with Bryan Baldo for the TQ but it was the former World Champion who ultimately came out fastest from his Mugen team mates Bryan and Oscar. The 45 minute main final on Sunday was run in dry weather and on a track prepped with sawdust and the race again had Robert coming out fastest although he again had to defend himself against the fast Baldo brothers with whom he swapped positions several times in the opening stages. Ultimately Robert took the win from Oscar with a 16 seconds margin while Bryan ended the main final one lap down, making it a Mugen/Ultimate 1-2-3 finish. Dani Vega (Agama/Reds Racing) ended the main in fourth place, Joan Carlos Canas (HoBao/O.S.) rounded out the top 5 result. As for the overall championship, Robert Batlle secured yet another one while Oscar Baldo grabbed the runner-up spot. Bryan Baldo in third and Javi Pombo in fourth completed the top 4 result for 2015.

View the final result here

October 19, 2015

Borden wins at 20th Annual Northwest Gold Cup

The 20th Annual Northwest Gold Cup at Tacoma R/C Raceway hosted by Scott Brown had strong competition and epic battles in every class offered. In 17.5 Pro Stock Buggy, Shane Borden and another fast northwest driver Tyler Miller would both get two rounds of TQs but Tyler would get the tie breaker with the extra lap. With the grid set for the triple A-mains, in A1 Tyler would lead from tone to tone to prove his TQ was no joke with a 23/6:04.6 pace. Evan Overmars and Evan Margeson would round out the top 3. A2 was slightly different as Tyler would make a mistake in the first corner allowing Shane Borden to take the lead and control it for the first half of the race. Evan Overmars would eventually catch Shane and apply the pressure causing a small mistake on the infield triple. Evan was able to pass Shane and take the win narrowly by 0.5 seconds, Evan Margeson would finish third.

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October 19, 2015

Dylan Saunders dominates TORCH Winter Series Rd1

The opening round of the TORCH Winter Series was held this past weekend. In the Junior class A-main Serpent driver Dylan Saunders, with a 2WD buggy, came out successful with a 2 laps margin on the two Xray 4WD drivers Liam Catterall and Owen Moore. Alex Robertson (Schumacher) and Charlie Barker would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 18, 2015

Arrowmax 1/10th buggy tyre balancing station

New from Arrowmax and made for all 1/10th buggy wheels with 14mm hex adapters is the tyre balancing station. The tool is made from high-quality aluminium, it comes gun metal anodised and machined to match Arrowmax’ signature honeycomb design. The ball-raced wheel adapter minimised friction for a high degree of accuracy when balancing your buggy wheels.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax.com]

October 16, 2015

Team Associated RC8B3 FT +2 steering block arms

New from Team Associated are +2 degree graphite steering block arms for the RB8B3 and B3e buggy. These new arms increase the steering Ackermann of the vehicle, resulting in a smoother steering feel when compared to the standard steering block arm set. Made from quality woven-carbon fibre for strength, slight weight savings, and a factory look.

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October 16, 2015

TLR SCTE 2.0 dogbone centre driveline set

Coming from TLR and made for the SCTE 2.0 4WD short course truck is the dogbone centre driveline set. The front- and rear center dogbones eliminate the friction of a CV coupler and reduce the bind caused after the front centre CV coupler wears. The set utilises shorter and lighter front and rear outdrives in the centre for faster acceleration and longer diff life with today’s power systems while also offering increased longevity due to bone float. The set is designed to fit the standard and -3mm chassis.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

October 16, 2015

Absima 1/10th buggy tyre sets

Absima have two new pre-glued tyre sets for 1/10th 2WD buggies available. First up is a dedicated front tyre with cut rib design that is suitable for a range of surfaces. Also new is a medium-size block tread tyre, good for the use on hard-packed or artificial surfaces. Both come pre-glued on black zero off-set rims with industry standard 12mm hex and they are sold as pairs.

View the rear tyres here

October 16, 2015

Xray XB2 2WD electric buggy – Coming soon

Xray have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming XB2 2WD electric off-road buggy. In development for some time now the XB2 will be the company’s first purpose-designed 2WD buggy following the rear wheel-driven variant of the XB4 4WD buggy, a concept en vogue some time ago for racing on very high-bite surfaces. We bring you more details on the XB2 kit as they become available.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]